tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post5351543259614630646..comments2024-03-26T22:57:21.033+00:00Comments on Random Views: Speaking out for Canada, but not so loud as to disturb the neighboursDavid Beesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-46256503056885978152011-08-14T15:07:48.987+01:002011-08-14T15:07:48.987+01:00Dammit Mark, and wanted to quote that saying!Dammit Mark, and wanted to quote that saying!Awoogamuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868669228439003143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-33691884811409649092011-08-11T08:28:05.393+01:002011-08-11T08:28:05.393+01:00Oh, I think there's nothing implausible about ...Oh, I think there's nothing implausible about the suggestion that the US has few qualms about sending forces into an ostensible ally's territory when it deems it useful. What I enjoyed in the series was the way it treated the possibility: with wryness, as sense that everyone knew it to be wrong, but everyone knew it to be impossible to prevent...<br /><br />That's a great summary of the attitudes on both sides of the border...David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-10884567148353538792011-08-10T17:38:12.148+01:002011-08-10T17:38:12.148+01:00Not to pick nits, but the US did send in a strike ...Not to pick nits, but the US <i>did</i> send in a strike force into an ally's territory to take out terrorists not to long ago, to general celebration. And also kidnapped some others out of Italy, if memory serves, so that plot point isn't impossible to imagine the U.S. might "forget" the 49th parallel. <br />That said, there's a long tradition of portraying Americans and trigger-happy incompetents on Canadian TV. Fortunately, we know they'll never find out - there's a famous saying in Canada that "Americans are benignly ignorant about Canada; Canadians are malevolently well-informed about the United States."strasmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332469508592595136noreply@blogger.com